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OT - Caught a tuna

Foghorn
Foghorn Posts: 9,794
On our annual trip to visit my Inlaws on Cape Cod, my son and I always take a day to get a charter boat for some fishing. We have been trying to catch a tuna for several years but usually end up being happy with striped bass +/- bluefish. This year we finally got a tuna. It measured 68 inches. There were 5 of us on the boat so we got roughly 40% of the meat. Most of the neighborhood had fresh tuna that night. We also vacuum sealed a lot and will be taking some home - after leaving a lot for the relatives. 
The first night we blackened it and 2 nights later we grilled it about 40 seconds per side after marinating it in soy sauce and ginger.

XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

San Antonio, TX

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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    Nice. Bet that was a fun catch!
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  • McStew
    McStew Posts: 965
    NICE! Congrats to you and your son.  That first pic is amazing 
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,657
    thats a nice hunk of meat, dont get any better than that
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  • Legume
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  • YYZegger
    YYZegger Posts: 231
    Nice Catch!  Looks delicious!  Congratulations. 
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Nice 
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  • 4Runner
    4Runner Posts: 2,948
    Would love to catch a tuna like that.  We watch Wicked Tuna a good bit at my house. We are heading to Alaska to fish later this month...hope we have good luck.

    Congrats on the catch and thanks for sharing!
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    Beautiful fish!
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  • DieselkW
    DieselkW Posts: 894
    We're heading to Kitty Hawk next month to try our luck at yellowfin - down South they run about 30 lbs. average and we usually manage to get more than one each.
    Biggest I've ever caught is still smaller than that monster you brought in, I would guess 60 lbs.?


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  • MaskedMarvel
    MaskedMarvel Posts: 3,136
    Did the first mate trim it for you?
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  • Awesome!  I'd eat that raw with some soy sauce, ginger and wasabi!
    MM & XL BGE, Bay Area CA
  • Grillin_beers
    Grillin_beers Posts: 1,345
    Man that looks great!  I've never caught a tuna but I bet it would be a blast!  The biggest thing I've ever pulled out of the ocean was a stingray with a wing span the size of a suburban hood.  I was using a 9 foot poll and head to tail it was longer than that.  Took me 2.5 hours to bring in and the whole time I thought I had a huge shark.  I'm adding catching a tuna to my bucket list.  
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 10,706

    We catch quite a bit in Mexico- I'll slice it right off the fish and eat it......Tuna like that should just be shown the fire..........Some things IMHO are better raw

    Great looking cook though!

    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
  • Hi54putty
    Hi54putty Posts: 1,873
    that is a beautiful piece of meat 
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  • LKNEgg
    LKNEgg Posts: 339
    Congrats!  Awesome fish!  
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Man that looks spectacular!  Great catch!  Had to fun bringing that in!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    That's awesome. Congrats. Definitely on my bucket list.
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
    Man, I'd really like to have a big hunk of that in my belly!  Just pass it by the fire on the way to the wasabi and soy. 
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    You win!  Awesome catch!  That had to be a fun one to play/fight :clap: 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
    This is the only way I'll catch a tuna anytime soon.  Caught this on Wed. 

  • ibanda
    ibanda Posts: 553
    Nice catch! I am planning my first off shore fishing trip next year.
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,794
    Thanks to all for the kind comments. @DieselkW, the captain estimated the fish at 160 pounds. We got about 100 pounds of meat. We had 23, gallon ziplocks full of meat. Most of them had a big 6-7 pound hunk like the one in the picture. Some of them had smaller pieces. 

    @MaskedMarvel, the captain and the first mate each worked on it to get it in the ziplocks. On the tuna that size there are 4 "loins" that each looked to be 25 pounds or so. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,794
    @NPHuskerFL, it only fought for 30 minutes, but it fought hard. 5 of us each stayed on the line until we were tired.  I let the others go ahead in anticipation of it being a long battle so I ended up landing it without us having to go around a second time. The only other tuna we've ever hooked was much larger and fought for 2 hours before breaking the line when the captain pulled really hard. Wouldn't have been able to keep that one anyway as over 73 inches is considered a commercial fish. I get why as we had about as much fish as everybody could eat and fit in the freezer. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

  • BIll-W221
    BIll-W221 Posts: 279
    Great catch, it's a nice time of year to be up here. Were you in Chatham ?
  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,794
    @Bill-W221, yes we went out of Chatham. My in-laws live in Eastham. We've been coming to the Cape to visit them every 4th of July for over 20 years. Once my son got old enough, fishing became an annual event. We used to go out of Rock Harbor for bass and blues, but for the past 5 or so years we have been going after tuna. We finally got one. 

    Where are you located?

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

  • BIll-W221
    BIll-W221 Posts: 279
    I live in Hanson, it's about 30 minutes from the Cape,  but I fish out of Chatham too, beautiful area. 
  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,088
    edited July 2015
    You are talking my language here. Great bluefin.  Hope you got some of that belly meat.  Get him on the chunk?  Or troll?  Green stick?  
    We are headed out tomorrow for some. Hopefully we get a bluefin then head further and go for some yellows.  
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
    Foghorn said:
    I would have thought tuna to be one of @SGH's very most favorites. 
    And you would be correct brother Horn. Tuna certainly is one of my very favorites. Man that is a awesome looking catch. Looks like a great time all around. The grub looks outstanding as well. For a job well done from water to plate, allow me:

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,794
    SGH said:
    Foghorn said:
    I would have thought tuna to be one of @SGH's very most favorites. 
    And you would be correct brother Horn. Tuna certainly is one of my very favorites. Man that is a awesome looking catch. Looks like a great time all around. The grub looks outstanding as well. For a job well done from water to plate, allow me:

    Thank you @SGH. Now I am complete. We probably would have had to eat the whole fish to get the double seal of approval. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX